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- The challenge was to find a complicated scene that…appeared overwhelming with detail.…I wanted you to make a choice of materials but thinking…about the power of mark making.…So thinking about minimum marks but still creating a…convincing drawing paying attention to the light and shadow…but using blocks of tone, using grays or color.…I choose a busy harbor scene with lots of houses in the…background and boats in the foreground.…What was really nice was viewing it from this angle,…was the sun was just setting to the right hand side…of me, which casts this really strong shadow onto the boats.…

And it also just captured odd areas of light on the…top of rooftops.…So the position of the sun was revealing areas of the light…and shade right in front of me.…Working on a panoramic sketch pad so I can draw…over both sides of the page.…And I'm starting with the fine line, the 0.5 mm pen…just to get the basic marks in.…And notice how harsh the light is from this angle.…

So I wanted to focus on the details, just on the front…

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11/2/2015

You don't need to drive out to the country to draw from life. From an artistic point of view, urban settings have just as much appeal. This Foundations of Drawing course shows how observing everyday life can give you an eye-opening appreciation for cities and towns and their surroundings (from the view out of a bus window to a half-built construction site). Will Kemp, founder of the Will Kemp Art School, demonstrates how to create frameworks for successful sketches using freehand vertical lines, perspective, and tonal blocks. Lessons follow a logical progression, from sketching static buildings and monuments to capturing the movement of individual figures and bustling crowds. The course will enable artists to practice their drawing skills and create fast, bold urban sketches with pencils, pens, or watercolors—whatever tools they have on hand.